The veteran's claims for increased evaluations for osteoarthritis of the right hand, left hand, and right knee have been denied as there is no evidence of service connection or exposure to any presumptive conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any service-connected condition or exposure to any presumptive conditions that would warrant a different outcome.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the right hand, Osteoarthritis of the left hand, Osteoarthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0705021
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for osteoarthritis of the left hand, chronic right ankle disorder, and chronic left ankle disorder. Service connection was also denied for a genitourinary (GU) disorder. The Veteran's claims were remanded for further examination.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for osteoarthritis of the right hand and service connection for a left shoulder disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The claims for higher initial ratings for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, osteoarthritis of the right and left knees, and left ankle strain are remanded due to inadequate VA compensation examination reports.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for additional development, including obtaining a new VA examination to address the inadequacies of previous examinations and obtain any relevant private treatment records.
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